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Business incubation in China: effectiveness and perceived contributions to tenant enterprises
Xu, L - 2010
popularity in China since the mid-1990s. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the perceived value of business … incubators from the perspective of start-up ventures and draw implications for future incubation programmes in China … benefits of the incubation programme.Findings: True to their names, business incubators in China have added practical value to …
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Latino informal immigrant entrepreneurs in South Texas: Opportunities and challenges for unauthorized new venture creation and persistence
Pisani, Michael J. - In: American Journal of Business 27 (2012) 1, pp. 27-39
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to shed light on Latino informal immigrant entrepreneurs within a specific border zone in South Texas. Three research questions inform this study: What is the demographic profile of the Latino informal immigrant entrepreneur? What is the occupational...
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Arab American entrepreneurship in Detroit, Michigan
Smith, Ola Marie; Tang, Roger Y.W; Miguel, Paul San - In: American Journal of Business 27 (2012) 1, pp. 58-79
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the pathways to success of Arab American entrepreneurs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, and how Arab American businesses impact the local Detroit economy. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted extensive search of literature and...
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Factors that inhibit partnering for social start-up enterprises
Maase, Simone J.F.M.; Bossink, Bart A.G. - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 4 (2010) February, pp. 68-84
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the inhibiting factors of partnership creation between social entrepreneurs in the business, government, public and non-profit sector. Design/methodology/approach – This paper examines four cases of social entrepreneurship in the start-up...
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Important export skills comparison in different export stage: An empirical study of Chinese firms
Ting, Zhou; Guijun, Ling; Bojun, Leng - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 3 (2010) 3, pp. 204-220
companies in major Eastern regions of China. With the factor analysis, eight skill categories were identified and 56 skills were …
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An examination of the relationship between corruption and total entrepreneurial activity
Wu, Sibin; Liang, Xin - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 478-489
In this paper, we attempt to link the International Transparency index with economic development, specifically entrepreneurial activity. Using data collected through Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), CIA's World Factbook and the 1997 Transparency International, we found that overall...
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Profiling micro-enterprises: the case of home-based businesses in New Zealand
Clark, Delwyn N.; Douglas, Heather - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 3, pp. 265-284
Micro-enterprises represent significant proportions of small firms in most economies yet they are not routinely profiled or studied. This paper examines business processes and activities of micro home-based businesses (HBB) from an empirical study of 522 firms in New Zealand. Key findings...
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Examining the role of international entrepreneurship, innovation and international market performance in SME internationalisation
O'Cass, A.; Weerawardena, J. - 2009
Purpose – The current study aims to examine the role of international entrepreneurship and innovation in small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) internationalisation, also touching on the role of the firm size as a proxy of resources in the SME internationalisation process. The study seeks to...
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Royal delicacies at peasant prices: cross-national differences, common grounds – towards an empirically supported theory of the informal economic activities of migrants
Rezaei, Shahamak - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 109-154
Turkish groceries and fast food restaurants, Chinese barbecues, Pakistani kiosks, Iranian pizzerias and carpet stores, Arabic kebab houses, erotic artists from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, exchange agencies across Denmark and many other EU countries, a growing number of wholesale...
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Do organisational reform measures impact on global mindset intensity of managers?: Empirical evidence from Indian and Chinese service industry managers
Ananthram, Subramaniam; Pearson, Cecil; Chatterjee, Samir - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 3 (2010) 2, pp. 146-168
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strength of organisational strategy, technology intensity and entrepreneurial orientation as predictors of managerial global mindset intensity in the Indian and Chinese service industry. Design/methodology/approach – A pluralist...
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